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Health Affairs, Vol 18, Issue 1, 132-143
Copyright © 1999 by Project HOPE

Journal Article

Reexamining the delivery system as part of Medicare reform

Medicare is more than a payment system. As the nation's largest public payer of health care, Medicare dictates the way health care is delivered to elderly and disabled persons. Health care and health outcomes cannot make substantial improvements until the delivery system is changed. Medicare reform must support a coordinated health care delivery system (in place of hospital-centered, fragmented care) and proactive chronic disease management (in place of episodic, reactive care). Consumers, government, community-based agencies, employers, health plans, and others need to develop a shared understanding of what outcomes we want to obtain, what delivery system reforms are required, and how financing can support those reforms.

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